Bayram
Bayram ( ; Ottoman بایرام, also بیرام and بیرم, rarely badhram /بذرم) is the Turkish name for holidays . It denotes both the religious holidays such as Ramazan Bayramı (also Şeker Bayramı /شکر بيرامی / ' Sugar Festival ') and the Kurban Bayramı /قربان بيرامی / ' Festival of Sacrifice ' as well as the national holidays. In Albanian and Bosnian, only the festival of sacrifice and the festival of breaking the fast are referred to as Bajram . The term is also used for international or foreign important festivals and by Turkish Christians for the Christian holidays.
The two main festivals of Islam ( Arabic : ʿĪd ) both bear the name Bayram in Turkey . Because of the Islamic lunar calendar, they wander through all the seasons.
Ramazan Bayramı
Ramazan Bayramı ends Ramadan as the festival of breaking the fast (Arabic: ʿĪd al-fitr ) and begins on the first day of the following month Şevval (Arabic: Shawwal ). The festival lasts three days. This festival is also called Şeker Bayramı (Sugar Festival ), as Muslims give themselves sweets. For the Muslim population it is one of the most important and probably the most popular festivals. In many places, on this day, younger people kiss older people's hands as a sign of respect and are in turn rewarded with candy, money or another gift. The expression of respect through the traditional kissing of the hand and leading to one's forehead is mostly common in the Turkish region. In many Arab countries you only kiss within the family.
Kurban Bayramı
Seventy days later, from the tenth day of the pilgrimage month (Arabic: Dhu l-hiddscha ), the Kurban Bayramı " Festival of Sacrifice " (Arabic: Īd ul-Adha ) takes place, which is considered the highest Islamic festival. According to Islamic tradition, it commemorates the prevented sacrifice of Ishmael by his father Abraham . An associated ritual is therefore the sacrifice of a sheep or a cow. The sacrificial meat is distributed to people in need, to neighbors and friends. The festival lasts four days.